Monday, February 21, 2005
Florida House settles computer lawsuit for $3.75 million
The Florida House of Representatives has agreed to pay $3.75 million in a settlement with a computer company that claimed a former House speaker allowed political friends to muscle the firm out of a government software contract.
House leaders announced the settlement Saturday with Hayes E-Government Resources, a Tallahassee computer firm hired in 2002 to create a Web-based computer system to draft and track House bills. Under the deal, the House is entitled to about a 5 percent commission on future sales of the computer system.
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The Florida House of Representatives has agreed to pay $3.75 million in a settlement with a computer company that claimed a former House speaker allowed political friends to muscle the firm out of a government software contract.
House leaders announced the settlement Saturday with Hayes E-Government Resources, a Tallahassee computer firm hired in 2002 to create a Web-based computer system to draft and track House bills. Under the deal, the House is entitled to about a 5 percent commission on future sales of the computer system.
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